The Sun. — London, England, 1809-09-27 00:00:00

. It was reasonable to suppOse that every good came_ &Um his Majesty,, and consequently he was entitled to be congratulated. , • . • . Mi. DIXON, in allusion to What had fallen froth. Mr.Waithman . , saw nothing but grumbling and expressions of se lf-gratification for the.part he had taken in public affairs. It reminded hini of . the old iale,Ol myself : I walked by inyself, " I talked to myiell, • " And thus to myself, said I," &c. Indeed the Gentleman had talked for Upwards of an hour, as if he considered himself as the standard of all perfealon. Notwithstanding what the Gen tle.man had said. he (Mr.. D.) saw great matter of congratulation both to the Sovereign and to the Country. Mr. Alderman GOODBEHERE thought, that the last .Speaker but one should have recolleaed, when he noticed the improving state of the country with respect to,agriuulture, Lice. that it depended princi pally upon the aclive energies of the people. Mr. KEMBLB was adverSe to the adoption of such a wholesale amendment ,as that proposed by Mr. Wai I h roan. Mr. CLARKE supported the original motions, • Mr. WHEBLE objeeted to the illumination, not ` o nly from the apprehension of riot and disorder, but likewise on , account of the unnecessary etpence to the inhabitants. The police of the City, he said, was defeaive, nor tvas that of the western part of the metropolis any better, for while riot and confu sion were going forward in Covent• Garden Theatre, -1 two of the . King'sMinistets, at the head of the Exe cutive Government of Country, were committing 'a violent breach of the peace, by fighting a duel on Putney Heath. Some discussion then arose with respe€t to the re port, when the question for returning Thanks in St. Paul's Cathedral s and for an Address of Congratula tion; Amendment tion., were carried, Mr. • having been negatived. On the question for idurninating the front of Guildhall a' considerable discussion took place. , The pri nc ipal spoekers were, Mr. Alderman Wood, - Mr. Alderman Goodbehere, .Mr. Dixon, Mr. Box. Mr. Kemble, Mr. Miller, Mr. Herne, Mr. Wlieble, M. Waithman, the Lord Mayor, Sir John Earner, Mr. IVlarrioit. It was carried. The question proposed by Mr , NrAwmattr for din.. &c. produced a long discu - ssion, in which the speakers, consisting of those members we have be fore named, took part. pro and con. A division wa s Called for, and the Chant*. • was cleared. The Court sat in debate till past seven o'clock, when, On a division, a majority of 25 declared in favour of the feast. The following are the names of the missing ships In the two last fleets from the Leeward Islands and 4aulaita London : Peggy, smith, from Antigua,' and Eden, fotcrice, from Grenada, parted convoy 29th Aitguit ; sel- 110- " a, Thompson, acid Ann, tames, from larnaica.--For Z f erPool : Mary, lames, from Jamaica ; Divina, Ayles, from :Martinique ; and Three Sisters, Twentyman, from Antigua, parted 2d of August.—For Bristol : Atlas, Reed, tram liar .ls.adbes.-- Fur Dublin : Bryan, Bethel! , :rorn Antigua.—For 4 0 elta.st: Good latent, Taylor, from Antigua, parted 27th of August. Tfis oeuk.—The performances last night, at this Theatre, by, the Drury-lane Company, were :John Bull and liosittp. The house was full at an early hour, and bottf pieces were very well received. 1 4 1 1.1 e energy a n d f ee li ng w hi c h genera ll y c h ara ct er i se i n e P t h i * DOWTON appeared to much advantage °- 4 nOriii)err. OXBERRY, transferred trom Mr. 4!,003's Company, was a good representation of ah• 4'1'114.114 and HORN displayed their vocal powers with good effea in Rosina. The Princess of WALES, and many of the higher ()icier, were pre- One Of the minor performers in the Orchestra of Covent -Garden Theatre having been discharged by the Leader, it was observed, in referente to the name a the Leader, that the discarded musician was certainly " the thoise for WARE." A Gentleman, half stunned by the noise of t he nudience at Covent-garden Theatre, was told by one that lie very much admired the rattles, " Then, (replied the Gentleman,) I wish with all my heart yoU had them iit'your throat." It may fairly be eXpeeted that the Public Frints which were so vehement in their attacks upon the ProprietotsdCovent-garden Theatre, for raising the prices of admiisiort, and engaging CATALAN!, will now be equally zealous to induce the public to sub mit to the decision of the Fommittee to which the accounts of the property have been so freely submitted. It is impossible for a moment to suppose that a body of Gentlemen, of the most honourable chara6ters, will give any de termination but what will be founded on just grounds, after a full investigation. If the Proprietors have really derived no more than six per cent. for their money, IA ith all the risques to which a Theatre is subjed, such as the loss of pcipular performers, the failure of dramatic produClicins, on which vast -toms may be expended, the attraaton of novelty in public may rather wonderother places, &c. &c. the that people should be desirous of retaining property of so precarious a nature, than that they should en ' deavour to derive more advantage fromit, particu larly as in mercantile concerns in general 15 per cent. is considered as an allowable interest. The news papers that have been so hostile to the Proprietors were doubtless actuated by public principles, and resisted a measure which th ey conce i ved to be unjust and eictortionate; but it is to be hoped that, reiletStiog on the tur.btilence which they have so powerfully contributed to excite ; on the readiness of the Pro prietors to let thewhole world know the stateof their accounts ; and on their submission to the public,with respea toCA.TA LA Nr , they will now join in a common effort to prevent a repetition of the uproar which night atter night disgraced the metropolis, and ex- Itort the Public to assent to the decision of men, whose judgment and impartiality are unimpeachable. Sir JOHN SINCLAIR., Va understand, intends to bring a bill into Parliament, for limiting the number d passengers in ferry boats, on the principle which regulates the number of passengers in stage coaches. This is a measure loudly called for by the late awful catastrophe at the Meikle Ferry ; and when we con . sider the number of similar accidents ..vhic4 occur ;n this country, so much intersected by inlets of th e totxt, it will we are persiat!cd, meet tha approbation gratitudouf q i u. public, EAST INDIES. , . GENERAL ORDERS BY GOVERNMENT. • FORT ST. GEORGE, MAY 1, 1809.—The zeal and discipline, by whith the Military Establishment of Fort St. George had long been distinguished, induced the Governor in Council to exped that the mea "sures, which the violent and intemperate aai of the late Commander in Chief had impoSed on the Go vernment, would be received by all the Officers of the army with the sentiments of respell and obedi ence prescribed by the principles of Military subor dinaticin, and due to the Government by which those measures were adopted, as well as to the au thorities to which they were ultimately referred.— The Governor in Council has however learned, with a degree of surprise proportionate to the confidence which he reposed in the discipline of the army, that soon after the departure of the late Commander in Chief, proceedings of the most unjustifiable nature, and correspondent to the example which be had afforded, were pursued by certain Officers of the army. The most reprehensible of those proceedings con sisted in the preparation 'of a paper addressed to the Right Hon. the Governor General, purporting to be a remonstrance in the name of the Army, against the a6ts of the Government under which it serves. That paper is not more hostile to the authority of this Government than to the first principles of all Go vernment. It maintains opinions direaly adverse to the constitution of the British service, and is calcu lated to destroy every foundation of discipline; " obe dience, and fidelity. The secrecy observed in preparing this seditious paper . prevented for some time the discovery of the persons engaged in that proceeding. But it has now been ascertained that Capt. Josiah Marshall, late Se cretary to the Military Board, and - Lieutenant-Colo nel George . Martin, lately permitted to proceed to England, were principally conc e rned i n p re p ar i n g and circulating the Memorial in question, and that Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Arthur Senileger was active 'in promoting its circulation, employing the influence which he derived from the important command confided to bim by the Government, for the purpose of attempting the subversion of its au thority, and spreading disaffeetion among the troops which it bad entrusted to his charge. It has also been ascertained that Major J. De Mor gan has been thive in the circulation of the Me morial. The Governor in Council is also under the neces sity of noticing another paper of a . most dangerous tendency, lately in circulation at some of the Mili tary Stations, purporting to be an address from th'e Officers of the Army to Major Boles, the 'late Deputy Adjutant General. In this address a right is assumed to decide on the ads of the Government, by con demning in unqualified terms the sentence of sus pension passed on Major Boles ; and an encourage ment is held out to other Officers to violate their duty to the Government, by affording a pecuniary indemnification, not only to Major Boles, but to all such Officers as shall suffer by any a& of the Govern ment, which the subscribers to the address may deem exceptionable. This paper, so incompatible with the military charakter, and so repugnant to the fundaMental principles Qf military discipline and go vernment, was forced on the attention of the Gover nor, by Captain James Grant,- Commandant of his Body Guard, who, while holding that confidential situation, and employed by order of the Governor in Council under the Resident at Travancore, transmit ted a copy Of the paper to be laid before the Gover nor, with an avowal that he had affixed his signa ture to it, and a defence of the grounds on which lit adopted that proceeding. It has also been ascertained that a paper of a simi lar tendency has been circulated among the Officers of the Corps of Artillery at the Mount, and that its circulation has been prornctl'd by Lieutenant-Colo nel, Robert Bell, the Officer commanding the Corps. The Govern& in Council regrets that he is obliged to notice the conduct of Lieutemint-Colonel Chal mers:(commanding in Travancore), and Lieutenant-. Colonel Cuppage , (lately com►nanding in Malabar, and employed with the :troops under his orders in Travancore), who appear to have taken no steps whatever either to repress or report to the Go vernment the improper proceedings pursued by part of the troops under their orders. It is not suffi cient for Officers holding commands to avoid a par ticipation in such proceedings ; it is their positive and indispensable duty to adopt the Most decided measures for their suppression, and to report them to .their Superior Authorities. It has further been ascertained; that Captain J. M. Coombs, Assistant-Quarter-Master-General in Mysore, has been concerned in these reprehen sible proceedings. It becomes the painful duty of the Governor in Council to mark with the displeasure of the Govern ment the condo& of the above•nientioned Officers, who have been engaged in a courFe of measures equally dangerous to the existence of discipline, to the foundations of legal Government, and to the in terests of theit country. The under-mentioned Officers are accordingly declared to be suspended from the services of the Honourable the Company, until the pleasure of the Honourable the Court of Directors shall be known : Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Arthur Sehtleger. Major John De Morgan. Capttlin Josiah Marshall. Captain James Grant. Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Robert tell is removed from all charge and command, until the pleasure of the Honourable the Court of Direr ors shall be known, but he is permitted to draw _hie regimental pay and allowances. Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant J. M. Chalmers is removed from the command of the SubSidiary rurce in Travancore. The undet-mentioned Officers are removed from their Staff Appointments, and ordered to join the corps to which they stand attached :-- , -Lieutenant- Colonel John Cuppage, and Captain J. M. Coombs. The Governor in Council considers it to be pro ' per to avail himi4elf of this occasion to correa a mis. apprehension, Highly dangeraos in its tendency, which has arisen in the minds of some of .t he Officers of the army with regard to the nature of the autho rity of the Governor in Council. This misappre hension appears to have originated in the General Order published by the lateCominander in Chief, Au tha ROLII of January last, from which it might bo inferred that the authoriiy of the . Governor in cowl di. is only of a civil - nature, whereas, by the express enactment of the Legislature, the entire. Civil and Military GovernMept of the Presidency of Fort St. ' George and its dependencies is vested in the Go vernor in Council.. It is; therefore, to be aistin.ttly understood, that no Officer, of whatever rank, while serving under the Presidency of Fort Se. George, can, without incurring the penalties. of disobedience to the Legislature of his Country, issue any order in violation, or to the derogation of the author ity of the Government; and that every Officer complying with an Order Of, that description, under any pretence whatever, renders haself liable to the forfeiture of the:service, and to such legal penalties ai the nature of the case may demand. While the Governor in Council deems it to be proper to afford the foregoing explanation, fie feels hithself at the same time bound to acknowledge that the principles to which he has adverted had never been called iri question, until the publication of the aboVe-mentioned order of the late Commatrder in Chief. On the contrary, these principles had been .invariably ailed upon by the Gbvernment and by . the Officers of the army of thl'S Presidency,who have been no less distinguished for their obedience and discipline, than for their achievements in the field. , The Governor - in Council also experiences the most sincere satisfaction in publishing his conviction that the majority of The army have resisted all participa tion in the improper and dangerous proceedings de scribed in 'This order; and it is an act of justice to the' troops of his Majesty's sere ice to declare his entire . approbation of the order, discipline, and steaclyadhe rence to duty, which they have invariably manifested. The information before the Government ddes not en able the Governor in Council to distinguish, by the ex, pression of his approbation, all the troops of the Com pany's service that have manifested the same disposi tions; but tie deems it to be proper to notice on this occasion the satisfactory and exemplary condudt of the part of the army composing 'the Hyderabad Sub sidiary Force. The Honourable the Governor in Council is also confident that such Officers as have inadvertently yielded to the misrepresentations of individuals who have been engaged in the prosecu tion of designs equally fatal to the honour and to the interests of the:army, will in future manifest in the service of the Government, the obedience, fidelity, and zeal which constitute the first principles of their profession, which have hitherto distinguished the army, and which are indipensable to the prosperity of the British Empire in India. By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council. (Signed) A. FALCONAR, Chief Sec. to Government. MAY 1, 1809.—The Honourable the Governor in Council has been pleased to make the following ap pointments, • • , _ _ _ Major T. H. S. Conway to be Adjutaut-General of the Army, with the officio. r .nk of Majot, rice Cuppage. Capt P. V. Agnew to he Deputy*Adjittant-General of the Arrny,with the official tank of Lieut.. Col. vice 'onway. Licut,.:.int.Colonel T. Clarke to be Commandant of Ar til!ery with the Stattallowanee annexed to that station, and a beat at the Military hoard, vice Bell. Major Sir John Sinclair, lit. to be Commissary of Stores,,, in charge of the Arseti.l of Fort St. George. vice Clarke. Lieutenant A. E. Patullo to comxiand the Honourable the Governor's Body. Guard, vice Grant. . Captain 1. Doveton of the 7th regiment native cavalry to br Paymaster at Vizagapotam, vice Marshall. Thu following Oiiicers who have been suspended from the service of the Honourable Company, until ,the pleasure of the Court of Directors shall be known, are directed to hold themselves in readiness to pro ceed to England, by such opportunities as the Ho nourable the Governor in Council may think proper to point out; viz. Lieut.. Colonel the Honourable Arthur Sentleger, Major Thomas Boles, Major John De Morgan, • .. Captain Josiah Marshall, Captain lames Grant. • Lieutenant-Colonel Sentleger is further dire&ed to repair to the Prsidencty without delay. The Honourable the Governor having been pleated to appoin► Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Conran, of his Majesty's Royal Regiment, to command the w hole of the troops composing the Garrison of Fort St. George, the Governor in Council direas that Colo nel Conran 'shall be considered to be entitled_ to the same alowances as other Officers holding commands under the appointment of the Governor •in Council. By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, (Signed) A. FALCONAR, Chief Sec. to Govt. By order of Major-General Gowdie, Commanding the Army. The following affecting occurrence took place dur ing .the disastrous retreat of General MOORE'S army from Spain last year. An Officer of one of the British Regiments, over come with fatigue and hunger, and no longer ablo to keep up with hiS companions, had dropped behind. He espied a tuft of trees in afield adjoining the road, towards which he crawled, with the view of resting his weary limbs secure from the sabres of the put= suing enemy. On his coming near to the trees, he perceived a woman, seemingly a soldier's wife, stretched upon the ground, and a' little infant laying near her. - He approached to administer such assists once as was in his power. It was too late ; -the hand of death Was upon her, and she was scarcely able to utter these words—" God bless you, it is all over," when she expired. The officer sat down beside her, he felt her hand; it was clay cold, he had nothing to succour her with ; a brook was near, be tilled his hat with water, and besprinkled her face and hands; all was in vain, and he WaS convinced she was ut terly gone. Having rested himself so as to be able again to go trn, •he tied the little infant in the poor woman's handkerchief; and having fastened it to his back, be pursued his march ; in this condition, procuring what sustenance he could for him Self and the little orphan, he at last, after a long and wretched jour ney, reached the Part of Vigo, which at that time happened to be unoccupied by the French 3 there he got on board of a transport, and reached at last Eng land with his little charge. His regiment (or rather the remnant of it) had arrived before him, and he joined it, still accompanied by the infant.--He has it (it is a boy) always with him, and has one of the women of the regiment to nurse it ; and be declares that this little orphan; whom Heaven threw upon his protection, shall, let his future fortune through life be good or bad, share it with him. The Report that CATALANI is going to Ireland, is contradicted, and it is said that she is likely to re- ; atone her 31tUatica at the Opera-I-Lieae num 5CA39116 (17L D B.4ILEY. MTN SErr. .lane. Brown Ind Met/ Smirlt, girls of ioterest ing appOarancei worc conviaed of stea;ing thirty six yards.of on the 3 , of Au,,,_;tist, in the shop. of George Gino, .a 4ahererasher, in White- . _ . .. chapel-road. . . . . Sarah Gold,1).(:?ld wornan nearly 70 years of age, stood indieted• for stealing• ten:, Bank noes, of 51. each,. from Tobias Solomon, on the 15th of July -last.--I-It appeared from the evidence,, that. the . pro secutor went into the bouse,of a man, named Ste- yens, a publican, in Clare-market, where he drop 7 ped the notes in question. The prisoner was seen to pick them up; but when charged .with that fad: afterwards, she denied having them in.her posseE 7 sion. .'The son of the prosecutor, howeyer, and a Conitable, searched her lodgings and person, when. a part of the notes, which were identified by the prosecutor, were I ound.—She was found guilty of Relit Larceny. Michael Mordecai, a Jew lad about le, was arraigned on an indiclment for stealing from the person of Angelo Majora, a Portuguese, on the 26th of August last, in the Minories, 281. in Bank notes. The prosecutor, who could not speak English, was attehded by an interpreter, and stated that was walking with. a comrade through the Minories, and had just before received his pay,. which he had put into his jacket pocket. As het pursued his way, the prisoner came up, picked his pocket of the notes, which he gave to an accom plice, and then ran off: • Witness pursued and ap prehended him, gave him in cliarg“O a constable, and conveyed him to the Police-oCiee, when, on examination, he was committed to take his trial for the offence. Several persons of the prisoner's persuasion gave him an excellent charaBer. The Jury, however, believing the testimony of the prosecutor, returned a verdict of Guilty. . . Mary Bristow, a deplorable looking object, wait indicted for stealing a silver watch, and a silk hand kerchief, the property of Robert Ingram, from his dwelling-house, Shakspeare-Walk, Shadwell. The unfortunate wretch, it appeared, had gone into the house to ask for a drink of water, and dur ing the absence of the prosecutor's daughter, to procure for her the water, prompted probably by her necessities, she took occasion to enter the p:tr lour and take the articles specified, and was deteCled _with them in her possession while attempting to escape. . The Jury found her guilty of stealing to the vAuit of thirty-nine shillings, which does away, the capital part of the charge. . . . John Wood, late a Clerk in the emplovrtif•nt of Mr. William Smith, a respectable iivery-siable 7 keeper, in Curzon-street, Mayfair, was next afar raigued on a charge of receiving sundry niniii , s un, his master's account, he being his confidtntial ser vant, and feloniously embezzling the same, and 43- propriating it to his OW n use. , The particular sum it was - how intended to prove he had so feloniously embezzled was 'W. i os. which he had received from a Mr. Angelo, a cufl oilier of hiS master's. Mr. Smith, the prosecutor, stated, that the pri soner had been in his service for a considerable tune r but that suspe&ing froM the tardiness with which his accounts were colleaed, there was some unfair t,l.ty, he challenged him with receiving money and not passing it to account. The prisoner at that. time did not make any particular observation, but on witness saying that he should employ his Solicitor to enforce payment of the accounts he alluded to, l said the money was perfectly safe, but that one of the gen tlemen had gone to Portugal. After this day the pri soner absconded, but on the following day he sent to his master a list of debts which he had received and had not been passed to account; they amounted to between five and six hundred pounds. Mr. Smith, on examination, however, found that this . statement was not correa, the prisoner having omitted to specify several other sums. which he had received, and .amongst others, that from Mr. An gelo, ,It appeared, from a further inquiry, that the prisoner had appropriated to his,own, use betweeu twelve and thirteen hundred pounds. . M. Angelo proved his, haying paid the prisoner 161. Los. by the produ&ion of the receipt lie had re-, ceived from him.' On this charge therefore he was found Guilt. . William Warren was convicted of picking the pocket of John Jacob Batiere of a snuff-box, on Thursday evening last, at the end Of Essex -street, i Strand. , , Mary Preston was also convi&ed of rohbing her' furnished lodgings, at Hampstead, of a counterpane, a pair of sheets, and other things. A number of forged Edinburgh Bank Notes have lately been circulated at several manufaEturing towns in the West of England, particularly at Birming ham. _ _ _ _ The Notes of Country Banks which failed years ago, such as the Luton Batik, Bedfordshire, have been passed lately, both in town and country, by a set of sharpers. On the 19th inst. was found; where a heap of rub bish had been laid, which was thrown out b; the Church of Saint Leonard's, in New Malton, a beau tiful Roman gold ctin„ in high preservation, con taining on the one side the inscription of Nero Caesar Avgysta with a laureated head, and on the reverse the inscription of Jvppiter Cvstos,' with the figure of Jupiter sitting, in his left hand a Spear, and hi his right Lightning. CORN-EXCHANGE, SEPT 27.—There are some revi fresh arrivals of Wheat to-day, but the supply in. general is very short, and the prices nearly at Mon days' currency ; Bailey this week full 4s. per qUar ter higher ; Malt and White Pease arc each something; dearer; Beans . of each kind fully at the last advance ; Oats are likewise in short supply, and they are also quoted rather dearer ; Flour at our last quotation.. Wheat 94s a to. i .-s a ll6s ' Tick Beans - - S4s a .S 9 Fine ditto - - 1183 a 12/s Oats - - 32 a 353 a ;Ss Rye - - - 555 4 6os Poland ditto - 4:,s a 43$ Barley - - - 4bs a 54s Potatoe ditto .- —s a 443 Malt - .. - b/s a 905 Rape Seed - - sol a sil White Pease - 9 ,, s a tcos Fine Flour - 9;s a loos Grey ditto - - 523 a 5Ss Seconds - . . 9as a 9 , ;$ iiicouls . : . 4,;5 a C9s 1